I think he plays a bit like veratti, but a really shit version, and I love veratti so I think I'm just like hoping he kicks on 10x when injury free.

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The areas that he lacks (positional discipline, making sure you're involved or reigning it in a bit) are the worst bits for a player under Martinez as he just didn't seem to be that restrictive on them.

He might well just be too wild or, more likely, he's just had 3 vital learning years missed out (2 to RM, 1 to injury) and he'll never develop as a PL midfielder, but he wasn't a complete disaster of an idea.

He won't go for much money considering his injuries since he come to us and he's shown enough on the pitch and given his age that if he can stay fit then he'd be a much more valuable asset in the future.

Whereas someone like McCarthy cost us £13m, has become just as injury prone and would probably go for around the same amount as we bought him for if we sold him now. He's caused us problems with the international side and his price will only dwindle if the injury issues persist.

For me, we sell one of them. If they both continue with injury issues then it'll be McCarthy who costs us more in the long run.

Have people actually forgotten the season before last, his first back here, when he had 12 assists in 30 games and about half a dozen goals?

Hardly the sort of figures of an impotent footballer some are trying to make him out to be.

His peak ability is very high so when he gets it right, he can be very good, even if it's just moments in games.

But obviously he's not producing them enough.

Plus he seems to have a pattern of managers picking him (I presume due to the ability) and then gradually not as the season goes on.

I'd like to seem him kept with us but as with all players at that age, he's unlikely to improve his consistency if he's only playing every now and again.

But I'd say his biggest problem, like Barkley in a way, is his unreliability.

Lukaku has similar faults to these two in terms of overall performance consistency but if you give him chances, he will score goals.

You can't say that about the other two, either for goals or for more equivalent situations in the game.

Managers like guarantees with players (that's why a lot of seemingly poor players, usually labelled as "favourites" get lots of games ahead of more talented ones) so I can see why Deulofeu slowly stops getting picked with each manager.

My point is he doesn't create chances. He went over a year without an assist for us. It's nonsense on a par with me suggesting we keep Kone because he scores goals. If someone says he's got talent we should stick with him because I think he'll develop and become a player that's a debatable point. His numbers aren't debatable. They are shit.

His peak ability is very high so when he gets it right, he can be very good, even if it's just moments in games.

But obviously he's not producing them enough.

Plus he seems to have a pattern of managers picking him (I presume due to the ability) and then gradually not as the season goes on.

I'd like to seem him kept with us but as with all players at that age, he's unlikely to improve his consistency if he's only playing every now and again.

But I'd say his biggest problem, like Barkley in a way, is his unreliability.

Lukaku has similar faults to these two in terms of overall performance consistency but if you give him chances, he will score goals.

You can't say that about the other two, either for goals or for more equivalent situations in the game.

Managers like guarantees with players (that's why a lot of seemingly poor players, usually labelled as "favourites" get lots of games ahead of more talented ones) so I can see why Deulofeu slowly stops getting picked with each manager.

All still young players with time and ability on there side.

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